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The Wabash Center's Dialogue On Teaching

Dialogue on Teaching, hosted by Nancy Lynne Westfield, PhD, is the podcast of The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion. Amplifying the Wabash Center’s mission, the podcast focuses upon issues of teaching and learning in theology and religion within colleges, universities and seminaries. The podcast series features dialogues with faculty teaching in a wide range of institutional contexts. The conversations will illumine the teaching life. 


Host: Nancy Lynne Westfield, PhD

Producer: Rachel Mills 

Sound Engineer: Paul O. Myhre, PhD & Paul Utterback

Podcast music by Dr. Paul O. Myhre, PhD

Education Religion Society & Culture Learning Higher Education Teaching Religion & Spirituality
Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
35 minutes
Episodes
320
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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Teaching to Impact Society: Elías Ortega

Teaching to Impact Society: Elías Ortega

Elías Ortega is President and Professor of Religion, Ethics, and Leadership at Meadville Lombard Theological School.

What would it take for theological education to become an agent of social impact? H…

00:36:26  |   Tue 16 Jan 2024
Educating and Crisis: Jennifer Harvey

Educating and Crisis: Jennifer Harvey

Rev. Dr. Jennifer Harvey is Vice President of Academic Affairs and Academic Dean and Professor of Christian Ethics at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

In an aching world, what does it take to …

00:30:10  |   Tue 09 Jan 2024
Aim of Teaching?: Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi

Aim of Teaching?: Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi

Rev. Dr. Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi is Assistant Professor of Leadership and Formation
Director of the Office of Professional Formation at Iliff School of Theology.

Education is a formational endeavor. Exp…

00:27:24  |   Tue 19 Dec 2023
Wisdom in Retirement: Alton B. Pollard, III

Wisdom in Retirement: Alton B. Pollard, III

Dr. Alton B. Pollard, III is President Emeritus of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Now in retirement, President Pollard shares his reflections, considerations, musings and convictions on…

00:37:25  |   Tue 12 Dec 2023
From Faculty to Dean-ing: Kenyatta R. Gilbert

From Faculty to Dean-ing: Kenyatta R. Gilbert

Rev. Dr. Kenyatta Gilbert is Dean of Howard School of Divinity. 

Shifting from being a longtime faculty member to the role and responsibility of dean can be gratifying and terrifying. Hear the story o…

00:22:14  |   Tue 05 Dec 2023
Play - an Approach to Teaching: Samantha Miller

Play - an Approach to Teaching: Samantha Miller

Samantha Miller, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Theology at Whitworth University.

How do you give permission to adult learners to drop their intellectual guard and engage openly in the complex thinkin…

00:24:31  |   Tue 28 Nov 2023
Rev. Dr. Kenyatta Gilbert: Silhouette Interview

Rev. Dr. Kenyatta Gilbert: Silhouette Interview

Rev. Dr. Kenyatta Gilbert is Dean of Howard School of Divinity. 

Dr. Gilbert discusses the dream of being an architect, the surprise of being able to create space for oneself, the joy of lightbulb mom…

00:27:22  |   Tue 21 Nov 2023
Case Study Approach to Teaching: Grace Kao and Joy Ann McDougall

Case Study Approach to Teaching: Grace Kao and Joy Ann McDougall

Grace Kao is Professor of Ethics and the Sano Chair of Pacific & Asian American Theology at Claremont School of Theology and Joy McDougall is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Emory's Can…

00:32:32  |   Tue 14 Nov 2023
Learning to Write with Passion: Donald Quist

Learning to Write with Passion: Donald Quist

Donald Quist is Assistant of English at the University of Missouri. 

Donald Quist discusses the developmental editing approach that helped create Glimpses of Me and Mine by Nancy Lynne Westfield. Thei…

00:30:05  |   Tue 07 Nov 2023
Rev. Dr. Boyung Lee: Silhouette Interview

Rev. Dr. Boyung Lee: Silhouette Interview

The Rev. Dr. Boyung Lee is Professor of Practical Theology at Iliff School of Theology. 

In this Silhouette Interview, Lee covers reflection over the impetus of her teaching, being mindful when what's…

00:25:23  |   Tue 31 Oct 2023
The Why of Arts-Based Pedagogies: Yohana Junker

The Why of Arts-Based Pedagogies: Yohana Junker

Yohana A. Junker, PhD is Assistant Professor of Art, Religion, and Culture and Associate Dean for Strategic Planning at Claremont School of Theology. 

Employing arts-based pedagogies allows students' …

00:32:52  |   Thu 19 Oct 2023
Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey: Silhouette Interview

Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey: Silhouette Interview

The Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey is Vice Presidents for Academic and Student affairs and Associate Professor of Constructive Theology at Meadville Lombard Theological School. 

Dr. Lightsey discusses the c…

00:38:19  |   Thu 05 Oct 2023
Permission to be Creative: Donald Quist

Permission to be Creative: Donald Quist

Donald Quist is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Missouri. 

Improved writing means improved teaching - and vice versa. The Wabash Center's initiative on creative writing su…

00:45:06  |   Thu 28 Sep 2023
Future Proof Your Career: Steed Davidson

Future Proof Your Career: Steed Davidson

Rev. Dr. Steed Davidson, Executive Director of the Society for Biblical literature.

What kind of professional development, formation, and imagination is needed for career longevity as a scholar of rel…

00:36:17  |   Wed 20 Sep 2023
Dr. Eric D. Barreto: Silhouette Interview

Dr. Eric D. Barreto: Silhouette Interview

Dr. Eric D. Barreto is the Frederick and Margaret L. Weyerhaeuser Associate Professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary. In this Silhouette Interview he discusses the childhood desir…

00:29:59  |   Thu 22 Jun 2023
Arts-Based Pedagogy – In Action: Ralph Watkins

Arts-Based Pedagogy – In Action: Ralph Watkins

Through arts based research methodology, the documentary Seeing the Future of the African American Church in the Rainbow: A Year in the Life of Real Inspirations Ministry was created.

The documentary …

00:43:07  |   Thu 15 Jun 2023
Rev. Dr. Daisy Machado: Silhouette Interview

Rev. Dr. Daisy Machado: Silhouette Interview

The Rev. Dr. Daisy Machado is Emerita Faculty in Church History at Union Theological Seminary in New York and the Director of the Hispanic Summer Program. In this Silhouette Interview, she discusses …

00:31:09  |   Thu 08 Jun 2023
Gregory Cuéllar: Silhouette Interview

Gregory Cuéllar: Silhouette Interview

Gregory Cuéllar, PhD is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Austen Presbyterian Theological Seminary. In this Silhouette Interview, Cuellar discusses the childhood dream of flying helicopters in …

00:31:11  |   Thu 01 Jun 2023
Dr. Marcia Riggs: Silhouette Interview

Dr. Marcia Riggs: Silhouette Interview

Marcia Y. Riggs, PhD is the J. Erskine Love Professor of Christian Ethics and Ombudsperson at Columbia Theological Seminary. In this Silhouette Podcast Interview, Riggs discusses wanting to be an art…

00:37:35  |   Thu 25 May 2023
Dr. Dwight Hopkins: Silhouette Interview

Dr. Dwight Hopkins: Silhouette Interview

Dwight M. Hopkins, PhD is the Alexander Campbell Professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School. In this interview, Hopkins discusses his desire to be a writer as early as kindergarten, the f…

00:30:38  |   Thu 18 May 2023
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